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Rather than examining only the civil or military side of the US space program, as have many books in the past, Space, the Dormant Frontier takes a unique look at the space program as a whole.



Table of Contents
Repackaging the Dream Policy Overview: If You Don't Care Where You're Going, Any Road Will Take You There The Situation Space as a Government Domain History As Inertia The Economics of Space, Breaking the Dependency Cycle The Opportunity Semidesperate Times Seeking New Opportunities The Method Convergence, Merging the Space Technology Bases Change the Paradigm, Incorporate Politics and Emphasize Economics A Parallel Development Plan Selected Bibliography Index

Space the Dormant Frontier

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A Hardback by Joan Johnson-Freese, Roger Handberg

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    Publisher: ABC-CLIO
    Publication Date: 9/23/1997 12:00:00 AM
    ISBN13: 9780275958879, 978-0275958879
    ISBN10: 0275958876
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    Central / national / federal government policies Technology, Engineering & Agriculture Astronautics

    Description

    Book Synopsis

    Rather than examining only the civil or military side of the US space program, as have many books in the past, Space, the Dormant Frontier takes a unique look at the space program as a whole.



    Table of Contents
    Repackaging the Dream Policy Overview: If You Don't Care Where You're Going, Any Road Will Take You There The Situation Space as a Government Domain History As Inertia The Economics of Space, Breaking the Dependency Cycle The Opportunity Semidesperate Times Seeking New Opportunities The Method Convergence, Merging the Space Technology Bases Change the Paradigm, Incorporate Politics and Emphasize Economics A Parallel Development Plan Selected Bibliography Index

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